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idealization: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"; something that exists only as an idea; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

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flight of fancy collapse

impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

illusionist collapse

prestidigitation collapse: manual dexterity in the execution of tricks

sorcerer collapse: one who practices magic or sorcery

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

sorcery collapse: the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

wish fulfillment collapse

dereism collapse

sleight of hand collapse

unreality collapse: the quality possessed by something that is unreal; the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact

false show collapse

airiness collapse: lightness in movement or manner; the property of something weightless and insubstantial; the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air

perfection collapse: the act of making something perfect; the state of being without a flaw or defect

magic collapse: any art that invokes supernatural powers

magician collapse: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

idealism collapse: impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

wishful thinking collapse: the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

immateriality collapse: the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter; complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration

autism collapse: (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

romance collapse: a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life; the group of languages derived from Latin; relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"; tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"; have a love affair with

falseness collapse

seeming collapse

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